All the Light We Cannot See on Netflix

[Anonymous]

The main actor (Marie?) is blind in real life? That would be surprising to me because she doesn’t come across that way.

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Anonymous wrote:The main actor (Marie?) is blind in real life? That would be surprising to me because she doesn’t come across that way.

She is.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the book and hated the first episode. Will not be watching further. Too many bad French accents, and I disliked the choice of undoing the linear storytelling of the novel. The plot elements at the book’s pinnacle were literally shown in the first episode! Hard pass.

Same. I read and loved the book, and barely got through the first episode. In addition to what the PP said, it drove me nuts that these french characters were speaking with English accents. Like... why???? If Mark Ruffalo is going to put on an accent for this, why not a french one?

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Mark Ruffalo annoys me anyway - the faux English accent made him even more distracting. Why didn’t they just cast French actors for the French characters and use subtitles? The German actors could have spoken German as well. It would have made it so much more authentic.

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Anonymous wrote:Really enjoyed it. Hugh Laurie was so perfect for the role.

He was fine…but why hire him to play a French guy named Etienne???

Why didn’t they just cast French actors?

Because people will watch actors they know and might skip watching a random French actor they don't know.

[Anonymous]

Things that annoyed me:

The accents. Just cast French and Germans and use subtitles.
The set. Very stagey.
The fact that Marie is barefooted at the end, walking over glass, shrapnel, etc. Really?
The cartoonish villains. Yes, Nazis are monsters. But couldn’t they be portrayed with a little more subtlety?

I will say that I really liked the actress who played Marie. I thought she did an excellent job and was beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t like the book so definitely will not be watching this.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and was underwhelmed despite liking a lot of the actors. I think I might just read the book first. I read and loved Cloud Cuckooland but hadn't gotten to this one yet.

Same. Mark Ruffalo was particularly disappointing. His accent sounded terrible and kept slipping. And I just don't buy him as a Frenchmen. I wish that was different casting.

I really like both of the actors portraying Marie Laure and Werner.

I recommend the book very highly. I think it's better than Cloud Cuckooland, even though I loved that in its own way.

I don't know how well the pacing works. I felt like we got too much of the end before moving to the beginning. It's been years since I read the book, but I remember the opening part as pretty brief.

[Anonymous]

Argh. It could have been great and it just wasn't. I absolutely loved that book, couldn't put it down. But they didn't develop the characters enough and skipped so many important details of the book. Why didn't they make it 8 episodes long and actually tell the whole story? I don't think it's the acting that made it cringey, it was the script. Such a bad script.

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed it. Mostly good acting. Normally l like Mark Ruffalo, but he was awful with that accent.

The book is many times better, but that’s not surprising.